The Sacred Heart of Jesus by St John Eudes, translated by Dom Richard Flower, OSB, 180 pages
Undoubtedly one of the most popular Catholic devotions, the devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, while rooted in Scripture and Tradition, only became formalized in the 17th century with the work of St John Eudes and the revelation to St Margaret Mary Alacoque. To celebrate the 300th anniversary of their founding, the Congregation of Jesus and Mary commissioned a new translation of some of the works of their founder into English, centering on this devotion. The result is this book, which compiles many different kinds of writing, from theological treatises to spiritual exercises and the text of the Mass and Office of the feast. In this, it is somewhat reminiscent of Scripture itself, and as with Scripture the diversity of forms is bound together by a thematic unity, where every line speaks of Christ and His Sacred Heart, the burning furnace of charity in which sinners are refined into saints.
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